DRUG DESCRIPTION. Cardene (nicardipine hydrochloride) is a calcium ion influx inhibitor (slow channel blocker or calcium channel blocker). Cardene I.V. Premixed Injection for intravenous administration contains 20 mg of nicardipine hydrochloride per 200 mL (0.1 mg/mL) in either dextrose or sodium chloride.
Approximately 20,000 whales migrate southward past the center from mid-December to end of January each year. The same number migrate northward, but are distributed throughout mid-March through the first week of June. Gray whales are the most commonly sighted whales year round along the Oregon Coast.
As boaters, what a remarkable opportunity we have to experience whales swimming free in the ocean. Winter is the peak period for whale watching along the Pacific Coast. California gray whales (eschrichtius robustus) in the Eastern Pacific number about 18,000, with another 6,000 located off Japan. Grays are by far the most frequently spotted whales off the U.S. West Coast, by a factor of 10.